steamroller

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
2. (broadly, informal) Any heavy road roller.
3. (figuratively) Any seemingly irresistible force.
4. (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.

Verb

1. (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.

Concepts

rouleau compresseur

compresseur

passer au laminoir

Synonymes

steamroll

road roller

roller

juggernaut

force

scraper

steam iron

steam roller

compacter

slam-dunk

compel

compress

flatten

Traductions

Dampfwalze

apisonadora

schiacciasassi

rullo compressore

ezmek

ezici

aplastar

livellatrice

basmak

aixafar

οδοστρωτήρας

οδοστρωτήρ

compressore

compressore stradale

هراس

Étymologie (Anglais)

From steam + roller.